Literary Terms

Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CONFLICT is important because...

• It helps the main character develop and grow.

• It makes the story interesting.

• Both

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What type of conflict is represented in the picture?

• person vs supernatural

• person vs self

• person vs person

• person vs nature

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the following

• Resolution

• Where in the plot would you find information about conflict?

• Exposition

• The main character

• Theme

• It's the final outcome which appears at the end of a story

• Protagonist

• Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself, and something else

• Symbol

• It's the central idea revealed by a work of literature

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which Point of View makes the character the narrator of the story. Reader hears and sees ONLY what the narrator hears and sees.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The sequence of events that make up a story

• Plot

• Theme

• External Conflict

• Character(s)

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The central, or universal, message or lesson of a story

• Plot

• Theme

• Suspense

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A state of feeling of exciting or anxious uncertainty about what may happen next in a story

• Suspense

• Internal Conflict

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The time and place of a story

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The beginning of a story where the characters, the setting, and the problem (conflict) are introduced

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9